Reber Special!

I'd like to start by pointing out the difference between "the official drexeldragons.com" and "you're charmingly unofficial theineligibles.blogspot.com."  Anyone at the game this Saturday knows exactly why Drexel escaped with a 2-1 win over a less than mediocre Georgia State squad.  How Drexel is obviously going write the recap is quite different than how The Ineligibles are going to tell it to you and much much different that how Georgia State is going to write up the story.  Saturday's game is way too perfect an example to pass up the chance to illustrate this fact.  Let's begin with Drexel. 

drexeldragons.com:  "Dragon's benefit from Late Goal on Blustery Day at Vidas" ... "Freshman Mark Donohue broke a 1-1 tie in the 88th minute with his first career goal. The advantageous score gave Drexel a 2-1 win over Georgia State and helped the Dragons (7-5-1, 3-3) improve to 5-1 at home."  It might actually be funnier to put it this way for the sake of shear sarcasm.  Appropriate, informative, but still not quite the real story...

georgiastatesports.com:  "Men's Soccer Falls in Thriller to Drexel, 2-1" ... "Drexel found the game winner in the 88th minute when freshman Mark Donohue scored off a clearance to give the Dragons a 2-1 victory."   Wait.. Thriller?  Not so sure about that one, but good job glazing right over the ugly stuff at least.  Let's find out what really happened...  

theineligibles.blogspot.com:  "Reber Special!" ... Read all about it! Georgia State keeper "Charlie Browns the ball" in the 88th minute handing Drexel the win on a glorious silver platter.  Que 'banana peel sound effect' and more laughter than cheering in the stands at Vidas Field.  A shoe-in for our "Poop Squad Player of the Game", Georgia State keeper Vincent "Foermerly a starter" inspires The Ineligibles to announce a special new yearly post titled "Great Blunder's in CAA history."  This new post will come at the end of each season and will serve as the awards ceremony for our version of all-conference announcements, our "Poop Squad Legends."  Thanks Vinny!  Other news in the game is that Georgia State struck first on a corner kick (poorly defended by Drexel) late in the first half.  Drexel answered shortly after when Manny "Pacquiao" slipped nicely around a few defenders down in the right corner and had his cross blocker by a hand.  The PK was given and Nathan "Gerrard" tied it at 1-1 just before the half.  Drexel looked the better team most of the game, but not their usual offensively dangerous selves, aside from a few moments.  I'm a results based kinda guy and as long as we get the win that's enough for now.  Back to 3-3 in the CAA with an away match at Hofstra comin up on Wednesday.  Let you know what happened, tell you the important stuff you missed, reference a funny story that alumni can relate to, and throw in a cartoon picture followed by a few corny jokes.  It's all about staying involved and keeping it fun.

Man of the Match:  I'll give it to freshman striker Donohue for scoring his first career goal.  He must have done something right to make the keeper miss the ball before slotting it home for the 2-1 win. 

"Poop Squad" Player of the Game:  Yeah, that's our boy Vincent "Foermerly a starter."  I know it's tough to judge a ball that's bouncing off a perfectly flat turf field, but for your own sanity hope drexeldragons.com was right in that it had something to do with it being a "Blustery Day."